Taylor Observatory-Norton Planetarium Presents "Firefall" Thursday, December 7, 2023 Shows at 7:00pm and 8:30pm Location:  Taylor Observatory, 5725 Oak Hills Lane, Kelseyville, CA 95451 The Taylor Observatory presents “FIREFALL” an immersive planetarium show telling the story of Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids.  Throughout its history, our planet Earth has been bombarded by comets, asteroids, and meteorites. Though […]

Thursday, December 21, 2023 will be the winter solstice and both the shortest day and longest night of the year. Join us as we delve into the reasons for this phenomenon and also look into how the winter solstice has been celebrated in cultures throughout the world and throughout history. Following the show (weather permitting) guests […]

Come to the Taylor Observatory to view a fascinating planetarium documentary on High Energy Astrophysics.  “The Hot and Energetic Universe” presents, with the use of Immersive Visualizations and real images, the achievements of modern astronomy, the most advanced observatories, the basic principles of electromagnetic radiation, and the natural phenomena related to the High Energy Astrophysics. […]

Join us for a live musical performance under the stars in the planetarium.  For over twenty years the Traveling Star Show* has been singing their very silly astronomy songs to audiences of all ages. This show is designed for family entertainment and introduces children to the concepts of Galaxies, the life cycle of stars, and […]

Many love stories are told in the constellations of the night sky.  Come to Taylor Observatory on Valentine’s Day for a romantic evening under the stars of the planetarium to hear these ancient tales of love from around the world. After each show (weather permitting) guests are invited to view the night sky through the […]

Follow the journey of a single photon as it is produced in a distant star, before traveling across the vast expanse of space to land on someone’s retina. This fulldome planetarium show explores some of the fascinating processes of the cosmos, from astrophysics to the biology of the eye and brain. Funded through a generous […]

What lies at the heart of our galaxy? For twenty years, ESO’s Very Large Telescope and the Keck telescopes have observed the center of the Galaxy, looking at the motion of more than a hundred stars and identifying the position of an otherwise invisible object — the supermassive black hole at the center of our […]